something you consider when you marry a Canadian who you met in Kenya when he was wearing nothing but a pair of Patagonia shorts and some nice pecs. I missed Senior Week as I was already back in Kenya with aforementioned pec man, apparently the first ever student to do her final semester in absentia.” (Sorry, Sarah. Actually, I did all four years in mental absentia.) Y And Colleen Balch kindly corresponded to say: “Now that I bought my house in my new town I’ve gotten roped into a few things. Mostly musical, to my great pleasure. I’m the probie alto in a small vocal group called the Spoon Mountain Singers, and newly exposed to Paul Hindemith, a sociopathically, atonal composer and my personal nemesis. I’m playing in a bell choir, anchoring the deep end of the music. When I make a mistake, everyone knows it. And, I’m coordinating a small music series for a small, beautiful space just down the street from me. I love walking up the hill, listening to the evening sounds of wood and field, or under the stars to hear Celtic music, blues/jazz guitar, Cajun/Zydeco, and folky fusion. I’m on my town’s energy committee, educating about energy efficiency and helping to retrofit our town buildings to walk our talk. After teaching 10-hour days with at-risk kids, that’s about all I have time for.” (Personally, I just watch a lot of TV.) Y Be safe!
1988 Heidi Irving Naughton classnews1988@alum.colby.edu
1989 Anita Terry classnews1989@alum.colby.edu Sandy Thayer and his partner, Greg, fix up historical coastal cottages in Maine. This winter they are trying to save an 1885 Modern Gothic cottage in the tiny village of Bayside, in Northport. Last year they renovated a 1907 Arts and Crafts cottage, which ended up hosting Marc Enger, Dave Keepper ’90, and their families for reunion. Y Victoria Eanet-Butler lives in a brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her husband and three kids. She is freelancing on the viola and teaching music and violin to kids from age three through sixth grade. Y Congratulations to Bill Auerswald and his wife, who had their second child, Cooper James Auerswald, Sept. 24. Bill lives in Annapolis, Md., and is the business manager at a private day school. Y Tim Burton, aka Rosette Royale, has joined the computer age. Not only did he get an iPhone, he now has his own Web site: www.rosetteroyale. com, including a blog. He’s on Twitter and Facebook, too. Welcome to the 21st
century, Buh! Y Dave and Cindy Cohen Fernandez recently had dinner with Suzi and Matt Sotir and Stephanie and Marc Rando in Waltham, Mass. Dave and Cindy’s daughter, Allison, hosted an ’80s birthday party and put Dave in charge of music. He says, “I thought it was a compliment, but later realized it was anything but.” Dave is now vice chair of the Alumni Council and encourages everyone to get involved. In his spare time he completed his 15th consecutive bike ride across Massachusetts to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. Y Lara Beetham Monasch and her family attended reunion. Ten-month-old Skyler no doubt has the Colby wear to prove it! Lara recently returned to work as a school psychologist, and her husband started his own Internet marketing business. Y Andrew Ian Dodge and his wife, Kim, enjoyed a two-week Baltic cruise and a week in Ft. Lauderdale and now are busy writing books and articles. Y Anthony Scaturro teaches physics at St. Andrew’s School in Savannah, Ga., where he lives with his four dogs. His adopted daughter is in law school and his adopted son is a senior at West Point. Y Ponch Membreno has ventured out on his own, joining a team that purchased Lincoln Canoe & Kayak this summer. Drew Simmons is handling PR for the company, which makes kayaks in Freeport, Maine. So far Bret Dixon, Lynn Sullivan, John Robbins ’90, and Cory Snow ’91 have visited the store. Y Carolyn Bell-Tuttle and her husband, Dan, are on a sabbatical from Punahou School in Honolulu. They are visiting independent middle schools across the country to study advisory, technology, curriculum integration, and science curriculum. They started in San Diego, drove north to Oregon and Washington, west to Iowa, and are now in Minneapolis until the new year. In 2010 they’ll be in Baltimore and New England. Carolyn would love to hear from classmates working in independent schools. Y Jennifer Joseph continues her traveling ways, going to Edinburgh, London, the San Juan Islands, Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada, and Yellowstone and the Tetons. She had a mini-reunion in Pittsburgh with Kaari Busick, Julie Lewis Petersen, Mary Lapointe Farly, and Cheryl Mealey Cowherd and sent me a fabulous photo to prove it. Brian Moore joined the party for dinner one night. Jennifer also bumped into Danielle Archambault in LaGuardia—small world! Keep the news coming!
1990 Barbara Clark Bullock classnews1990@alum.colby.edu Pete Sekulow and his wife, Arianna, an opera singer, have developed an iPhone application called myDiva. It brings light-
heartedness to high culture but ,as they say, myDiva is great for any occasion when your inner diva needs to roar! It’s in the Apple store. Y Bill and Mim Siegel Lombardo both work in publishing. They live in Easton, Mass., with daughter Ally, 3, and son Nick, 9. Y Sarah Faragher and her husband bought a house in Stockton Springs, Maine, and Sarah closed her used book shop to devote more time to painting (www.sarafaragher. com). Sarah has shown work in several galleries around mid-coast Maine the last couple of summers. Y Andrew Doolittle has a private otolaryngology (ENT) practice in Rockingham, N.C., after getting out of the Army last year. He lives near Pinehurst but rarely plays golf. He is trying to start a lacrosse league for local kids, and he has a roller hockey league for adults and children. He and his wife have three children, 8, 10, and 12, and they all enjoy visiting the Northeast in the summer. Y Laura Senier completed her Ph.D. in sociology at Brown last spring. She moved to Madison, Wis., last fall to start a tenure-track job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a joint appointment in the departments of rural sociology and family medicine. She was excited about the job and looked forward to reconnecting with Kristin “Cricket” Girvin Redman, who owns a graphic design company in Madison, and Gretchen Schwarze, who teaches in the medical school. Y Ann Band is still in Jackson, Wyo., with husband Joe Hunt and their 7-year-old son. They love to ski, mountain bike, paraglide, and canoe. Ann works with Bat Conservation International to reduce threats to bats worldwide. She studied neotropical bats for 12 years and teaches environmental science. In the last few years she’s developed a thriving jewelry design business: www.annieband. com. Y Amanda Sharbrough Bryan ’89 and Diana Howell O’Brien are also in Jackson raising their families. They get to spend time together since they live within two miles of each other. Di has a beautiful daughter and is a respected physical therapist with a busy practice.
1991 David Shumway classnews1991@alum.colby.edu Dave Vincent thought it might amuse some of the old crowd that, after 15 years of legal practice in Chicago, Washington, and Maine, including some seven years of criminal and tax work on behalf of both organized and disorganized criminals, he has enlisted in the U.S. Army. He shipped out in September to Fort Leonard Wood for training as an E-4 21B, Combat Engineering Specialist and eagerly anticipates deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. Y Jennifer
Lim Nitchman lives in Scarborough, Maine, with husband Dave (a Bates grad—she tries not to hold that against him!) and their 11-year-old daughter, Bryce. Jennifer works as senior vice president of IT at Saco & Biddeford Savings. They spend most of their time at soccer tournaments, practices, and games but manage to squeeze in a hike or bike. Jennifer exchanges e-mails with Chris Goulding, Brian Monks, Dave Coleman ’90, and Dan Johnston ’90 and had a long-weekend visit with Rebekah Mitchell, who is still in San Francisco. Y Andy and Margaret Mauran Zuccotti live in Pennsylvania. Andy works at Penn Charter teaching upper school social studies. Nick and Emma are students there now. Robby, 3, thinks he is ready but isn’t old enough. They went to Paris last summer and ran into Jenny Alfond Seeman ’92 and her crew at the Luxembourg Gardens. They saw lots of John Roth and family this summer and saw Jim Hayes and Todd Ver Hoeven as well. Jen Wood Jencks and Margaret hung out one afternoon this fall. They look forward to seeing the Winokur-Browns and possibly the Chris Whelans this winter up in Vermont. Y Fred and Debbie MacWalter Bright and their kids saw Rome in April (also Pompeii), Bar Harbor in August (with a stop at Colby and the new bookstore), and D.C. in September. Y Living in Denver for almost 12 years, Matt Hughes and wife Tracy have three children, Charlie, Henry, and Abby. Matt has two master’s (M.B.A. and M.S.I.S.) from the University of Colorado and his own software process consulting company: Charles Henry Consulting (charleshenryinc. com). Y Susan Cummings Wiseman had a great summer with her family, despite the wet/cold June and July. She divided her time between Kennebunk, Maine, Conway, N.H., and home in Winchester, Mass. Abigail Cook Russell stopped by in June for dinner and catching up. Susan sees Dean Zioze at least once a month at a supper club. Dean tries to convince the supper club that one night should be a beer die night at his house. They have no idea what he is talking about and he looks to Susan for support. Colleen Halleck Taylor and Susan stay in touch. They were planning on doing a half marathon together this year, but Susan got injured, so Colleen keeps running without her. Susan has four children: Jack, Mackayla, Caitlin, and Meghan. Y Kaylyn Hipps Groves and husband Richard have a baby girl, Mary-Alice Clare Groves, born July 20 in Round Rock, Texas. She has big blue eyes, a dusting of red hair, and smiles a lot. Y John Avery and his wife moved from Billerica, Mass., to Tewksbury, Mass., to their first townhouse, which they love. They attended a wedding in September in N.H. and saw Matt ’92 and Laura Fogarty
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